by Rebecca Long Okura | Aug 18, 2014 |
It is essential that you understand the filing deadlines when you are representing yourself. Missing a deadline could result in a default judgment against you, where the other party is awarded everything they ask for and your side is never heard. There has been a...
by Rebecca Long Okura | Jul 7, 2014 |
Utah Code sections 30-3-11.3 and 30-3-11.4 require parents who are divorcing to attend a divorce orientation course and divorce education course before a Decree of Divorce will be signed. These are two separate courses that are offered right after each other on the...
by Rebecca Long Okura | Dec 15, 2008 |
Long Okura P.C. can help you represent yourself in court. At recent Utah legal education seminars, Judges and Commissioners were discussing a newly discovered statistic: 85% of divorce cases in Utah have at least one party representing himself/herself. There are...
by Rebecca Long Okura | Oct 31, 2008 |
To Divorce or not to Divorce, that is the question. Financial strain is often the catalyst to a final decision that a marriage cannot continue on, yet divorce puts the parties through even greater financial strain. How can anyone resolve this riddle? This question is...
by Rebecca Long Okura | Aug 20, 2008 |
This question is asked in many different ways but the question basically is one about bias. Both men and women often believe that Utah courts favor or disfavor one gender or the other when it comes to awarding custody. Statistically, there is no question that the...
